The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-06-17

n sAipaeats q paiA O forslGa account
for thrss wseks odd Nay n, wcse8.5ol,6oo
busheis = against S,l2ageog IN 1854. and Ia
so6.sSs h 1855 Ths aggregate quantity Of
freight shippedis not a. large - last year.
yeaf. he exchanges show . great increaee
In tie volume q geAesal business.
Avery notahSe tuEn has occurred In our
foreign trade balances. The produce and.
merchandise cxpsetsd last month amounted
to eE7,56ss0ls, showine upea,4B4,so01sssthan
IN April. 1858. The imports, however.
amounted to $751; ls, . gain IN this item
over Apr 1854. Of e6,170,70o. The imports
Of merchandise exceeded the exports OF mes-
chandise and produce BY el6,97s,e7S. In
April, 1855, the imports Of merchandlse ex.
cseded the exports BY ss.sls,s7s. 20 that the
months merchandise balance was lS.025,O 97
worse than In April, 1855. Including specie
and bullion the balance against US last April
was els,57o,5 $40. against e1,s0s, 7ss in April.
1885. Its estimated that the capitalization
OF new railroads aggregates not less than
1900, 000, 900.
Tho entire monetary scircalation Of the
United States 10, according 10 the director Of
the mint, tl,e00,O00.000. OF this sum only
about q, 0oo, Oo0,Ooo is in actual use BY the
people. Tho per capita circulation Of the
United States is estimated ct t3l.S8; France
is go. rs; Great Britain, esl.5s, and Germany
GIG 50. The net exports Of specie Is less by
e2,so4,0Oo than in Msy 1885
The cattle trade has continued under an ex.
tensive depression, especially for export
grades, and the depreseions Is Increased by
conditions which hascausedthe commissioner
Of agriculture to establish a quarantine
against Chicago and . large part of the state
Of New York on account Of pleuro.pneu-
monis. All shipments Of cattle from Chi.
cago aud Cook county are forbidden, except
for such Is are certified to by an officer Of the
Bureau Of Animal Industry, on the Testimony
Of persons who will swear that they have
known the cattle in question to be free of dis
ease in the preceding six months. This order
will tend to turn the cattle trade from the
principal centers to other channels. The
penalty Of disobeying this order may be
5000 for each o%fiense, and applies both to
the shipper and railroad company.
The northern iron and steel trade has been
more active both In eastern and western cen.
tiers. steel rails have been selling III q some.
what larger way at e8e@40 In Pennsylvania.
Merchant irons are also claiming Z better
movement. It is said that 10000 tons OF
steel rails were sold at Pittsburg during the
week, andtt 10 computed that the mills + the
United States have sold, this year, 1,.,@,S13
tons Of . total pool allotment Tor the year Of
{, 196. AS tons. The present rate of Bessemer
steel production, however, is $1,000 tons q
week, or S,225,000 for the year, Of which it il
calculated that only 724,6Oe tons have not
been bespoken.
Crop news from every part of the country,
except California, ie to the eject that the
prospect was never better. The weather so
far has been favorable for wheat.
While there has been an extensive need Of
rain, the drouth has not been acute.
Bank clearances were 911SS per cent greater
during the month just ended, than In May
last year, showing a very satisfactory con,
dition of trade.